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Gov. LePage continues road-bond push

Maine Gov. Paul LePage wants lawmakers to return to Augusta this month to vote on a borrowing package for the state's roads and bridges.

In a statement on Thursday, LePage said it is vital to get the $100 million transportation bond his administration proposed on the ballot by November.

But Democratic leaders say they will take up numerous bond proposals, including the transportation bond and bonds for education and research and development, when they return in September to confirm political appointments.

They say that planned construction projects will still move forward even if the bond does not get on the ballot until June.

Maine's Department of Transportation has already accounted for the $100 million bond in planning construction projects for 2014 and 2015.

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